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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 28, 1910
Page
8
Wilton visitor Frank Duffee stops in Muscatine as Mrs. Bell heads to Davenport. Many locals leave for Letts Montpelier and Chicago while Titus Loan offers farm loans and surety bonds. existing residents visit relatives and shop in town, with several returning home after brief calls.
In a head on collision between an east bound Chicago Great Western freight train and a work train on a siding near Stockton Illinois at 6 30 last night fireman Otto Krafft of Dubuque and brakeman Lewis Mericle of Chicago were killed instantly engineer William Norton of Dubuque died later at Mercy hospital. The freight crew was injured and traffic detoured to Freeport to Dubuque.
C Blauer of North Dakota travels to Muscatine to locate the heirs of John and Peter Brawend. The Bohrin estate in Grendelwald Switzerland, worth about 6000 francs, has been held for decades awaiting heirs. John and Peter are deceased. their children are the rightful heirs, with one son John once living in the area. Blauer asks readers for information on any surviving relatives.
The Christmas offering at First Baptist church was repeated to a full audience on Tuesday evening. About one hundred children sang in the chorus with stereopticon illustrations, presenting the life of Christ through song and story. Carl Schmidt led the event and earned much credit for its success.
Between forty and fifty families including nearly two hundred children face starvation in the stone quarry districts near Sandusky Ohio as quarrymen remain out of work for months. Wives and children of unemployed workers bear the hardship in a city area already strained by economic distress.
Detroit December 28 Frank Worthing a noted actor collapsed and died at the Garrick theatre just before last night’s performance. He was a prominent stage figure with a long career in drama and film.
The Muscatine Commercial club plans to petition Great Western Cereal to reopen its Muscatine oat mill after Ft. Dodge plant destruction. Supporters believe the local mill could resume operations to improve conditions, though some say the closure may be policy driven amid internal differences.
Mrs E King of Wilton left this morning for What Cheer to spend a week visiting relatives. She will stay with family and enjoy the visit in the amicable trip.
Mary Ledke sues Henry Tober of South Muscatine in district court seeking 1000 dollars for slander and personal injury from an incident December 17. She asks 500 dollars on each count. G A Funck sues to collect 7591.97 on a promissory note to Barney and Mollie Urdangen with mortgage foreclosure sought. Robert Eby of West Liberty applies for a license to keep and sell liquor at his West Liberty pharmacy.
Two persons die and over 50 people, including four seriously, hurt when an Inter-City street car crashes near the Kansas City line. Victims named are Omer Duke and John Harding, both of Kansas City Kansas. Injured include Earl Hadser O B Ocker Charles Lewis and Jesse Montgomery all of Kansas City Kansas. A car losing its trolley was struck by another as chaos ensued with people falling from a viaduct and glass injuring many.
The third assistant postmaster general released the annual report showing postal receipts for fiscal year 1910 at 224,128,657.62 dollars. Expenditures reached 229,977,224.50 dollars, an excess of spending over receipts. The year marks a 10.10 percent increase in receipts from the prior year.
We thank friends neighbors and W R C for kindness shown in our sad bereavement the death of husband and father Also thanks to relatives friends neighbors Major John Circle for the floral offerings and G A R Post Mrs S M Fisher and Children
Postmaster McNutt reports holiday mail volume exceeded all prior seasons. Clerks worked for about a week to clear the Christmas rush with extra wagons carriers and temporary clerks aiding in distribution. The large packages are being processed with expected continued volume until after the new year.
Mrs. O. H. P. Linn visits Letts for weeks with sister Mrs. W. MecCormick. Mollie McCullough and Miss Ethel of Lone Tree visit A. McCullough. Ed Snyder and F Marble return to Cedar Rapids after Cedar City visit. J. Davis and children of West Branch stay with C. Armbright family. Muscatine visitors include Mrs. Shaver, Miss Merle, Mrs. Wagner, and Miss Scales. Yet Noland of Omaha visits friends. Mrs. D. Fox and Virgie go to Davenport to visit J. T. Hahn family.
The Brown family thanks friends and neighbors for support during bereavement and for floral offerings. Special thanks to the foreman and machine girls of McKee & Bliven and Jones Button factories for their assistance.
Boone Iowa December 28 conductor Frank Wagner a longtime Northwestern road employee died this morning from pneumonia.
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